Per news media, RBG, 85yrs old, falls (again) and breaks three ribs, currently in hospital, the Dems wanted her to retire in the second Obama term but refused to do so, chancesare Trump could get to nominate another SCJ before his term is up, hmm...

It's an indication of how times have changed for Supreme Court nominees. I don't think a former ACLU lawyer would be nominated by anyone today because there would be too much of an ideological paper trail left behind that would make it difficult to be voted in by the Senate. Hugo Black was a Supreme Court Justice formerly in the Ku Klux Klan. But you have to be pretty bland these days. In the past you only had to be a good jurist.

I saw an article yesterday stating that it was not that great a loss for the GOP to lose control of the House because the House (unless it is overwhelmingly one side or the other) really doesn't accomplish all that much any longer with all the gridlock. The more important legislative body - in terms of guiding the course - is the Senate because they and they alone determine Supreme Court justices. And the Senate will likely stay Republican for some time.

If Ginsberg does retire she is likely going to be replaced by a woman - for obvious reasons - and there is a good chance it will be Amy Barrett...........................Luca